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Overseas supply chain risk – A change of approach from the English courts? In a positive move for corporates, the High Court’s decision in Limbu v Dyson indicates the English courts are now willing (and able) to decline to hear claims against UK companies concerning their overseas operations and supply chains in favour of local ...

FSMA Guide 2021 This latest edition of our Guide to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 provides a guide to the UK's financial regulatory regime as at [1 December 2021]. It seeks to provide the reader with a manual to navigate what is an increasingly complex legi...

Baby, one more time?: UK and the EU Copyright Directive The UK government said that it would not be implementing the controversial EU Copyright Directive. Are we getting it anyway? What seems like a lifetime ago back in January 2020, the UK government announced that it had no plans to implement the EU’s Copyr...

Parent Company Liability back in the Supreme Court The English courts have become a popular destination for foreign claimants seeking damages from UK-domiciled parents for the alleged wrongful actions of their overseas subsidiaries. A new judgment from the Supreme Court gives useful guidance on the applic...

Reflections on the EU-UK Co-operation Agreement The EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement (the TCA), which came into provisional effect at 11pm on 31 December, is welcome in terms both of what has been achieved, and in providing a more cordial basis for future EU-UK relations and co-operation. The EU...

The Future Relationship between the UK and EU The Brexit talks will result in London this week, with parties seemingly some way apart on a number of issues. This briefing, prepared by Tolek Petch, lawyer in our trade unit, surveys the state of play as at 3 July. As the UK emerges from its COVID 19 l...

A brand new subsidy regime for the UK? Resolution of EU-UK negotiations on “level playing field for competition” may shape future UK subsidy regime. A key outstanding issue between the EU and the UK in the negotiations on the future partnership agreement is the implementation of a...

UK Prospectus Regime Reforms Approach Next Milestone The final draft Public Offer and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2023, first announced as part of the Edinburgh Reforms last year, have been published and laid before Parliament. The Regulations will lay the foundations for the new UK Prospectus Regime,...

Tax and the City Review for October 2023 In their latest Tax and the City article, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider the draft legislation to enact the EU-derived exemption from 1.5% stamp taxes on the issuance and transfer of securities to a clearance service or depositary receipt issuer; and ...

Employment Bulletin - June 2023 Topics covered in this bulletin: Withdrawal of check-off arrangement was breach of contract not accepted by employees New family leave rights and protections Guidance on responding to data subject access requests Horizon scanning Withdrawal of che...